Sun, 30 Jan 2022 14:19:00 +0100
do not hide pointers behind typedefs
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28 /**
29 * \file allocator.h
30 * Interface for custom allocators.
31 */
33 #ifndef UCX_ALLOCATOR_H
34 #define UCX_ALLOCATOR_H
36 #include "common.h"
38 #ifdef __cplusplus
39 extern "C" {
40 #endif
42 /**
43 * The class definition for an allocator.
44 */
45 typedef struct {
46 /**
47 * The allocator's malloc() implementation.
48 */
49 void *(*malloc)(void *data, size_t n);
51 /**
52 * The allocator's realloc() implementation.
53 */
54 void *(*realloc)(void *data, void *mem, size_t n)
55 __attribute__((__warn_unused_result__));
57 /**
58 * The allocator's calloc() implementation.
59 */
60 void *(*calloc)(void *data, size_t nelem, size_t n);
62 /**
63 * The allocator's free() implementation.
64 */
65 void (*free)(void *data, void *mem)
66 __attribute__((__nonnull__));
67 } cx_allocator_class;
69 /**
70 * Structure holding the data for an allocator.
71 */
72 struct cx_allocator_s {
73 /**
74 * A pointer to the instance of the allocator class.
75 */
76 cx_allocator_class *cl;
77 /**
78 * A pointer to the data this allocator uses.
79 */
80 void *data;
81 };
83 /**
84 * High-Level type alias for the allocator type.
85 */
86 typedef struct cx_allocator_s CxAllocator;
88 /**
89 * A default allocator using standard library malloc() etc.
90 */
91 extern CxAllocator *cxDefaultAllocator;
93 /**
94 * Allocate \p n bytes of memory.
95 *
96 * @param allocator the allocator
97 * @param n the number of bytes
98 * @return a pointer to the allocated memory
99 */
100 void *cxMalloc(
101 CxAllocator *allocator,
102 size_t n
103 )
104 __attribute__((__malloc__))
105 __attribute__((__alloc_size__(2)));
107 /**
108 * Re-allocate the previously allocated block in \p mem, making the new block \p n bytes long.
109 * This function may return the same pointer that was passed to it, if moving the memory
110 * was not necessary.
111 *
112 * \note Re-allocating a block allocated by a different allocator is undefined.
113 *
114 * @param allocator the allocator
115 * @param mem pointer to the previously allocated block
116 * @param n the new size in bytes
117 * @return a pointer to the re-allocated memory
118 */
119 void *cxRealloc(
120 CxAllocator *allocator,
121 void *mem,
122 size_t n
123 )
124 __attribute__((__warn_unused_result__))
125 __attribute__((__alloc_size__(3)));
127 /**
128 * Re-allocate a previously allocated block and changes the pointer in-place, if necessary.
129 * This function acts like cxRealloc() using the pointer pointed to by \p mem.
130 * On success, the pointer is changed to the new location (in case the
131 *
132 * \note Re-allocating a block allocated by a different allocator is undefined.
133 *
134 * \par Error handling
135 * \c errno will be set, if the underlying realloc function does so.
136 *
137 * @param allocator the allocator
138 * @param mem pointer to the pointer to allocated block
139 * @param n the new size in bytes
140 * @return zero on success, non-zero on failure
141 */
142 int cxReallocate(
143 CxAllocator *allocator,
144 void **mem,
145 size_t n
146 )
147 __attribute__((__nonnull__));
149 /**
150 * Allocate \p nelem elements of \p n bytes each, all initialized to zero.
151 *
152 * @param allocator the allocator
153 * @param nelem the number of elements
154 * @param n the size of each element in bytes
155 * @return a pointer to the allocated memory
156 */
157 void *cxCalloc(
158 CxAllocator *allocator,
159 size_t nelem,
160 size_t n
161 )
162 __attribute__((__malloc__))
163 __attribute__((__alloc_size__(2, 3)));
165 /**
166 * Free a block allocated by this allocator.
167 *
168 * \note Freeing a block of a different allocator is undefined.
169 *
170 * @param allocator the allocator
171 * @param mem a pointer to the block to free
172 */
173 void cxFree(
174 CxAllocator *allocator,
175 void *mem
176 )
177 __attribute__((__nonnull__));
179 #ifdef __cplusplus
180 } /* extern "C" */
181 #endif
183 #endif /* UCX_ALLOCATOR_H */